The Power
2021 · Movie · 93 min · ★ 6.0 · 71% critics
In 1974 London, rolling blackouts leave a trainee nurse working alone on a near-empty, crumbling hospital night shift. As the building sinks into darkness, unsettling encounters and whispers of a hidden wrong push her to confront buried trauma and the fear that something dangerous is still inside.
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Details
- Years
- 2021
- Release date
- 2021-06-03
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 93 min
- Critic score
- 71/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.0/10 (170 votes)
About
You may enjoy this if you like slow-burn haunted-hospital stories with lots of darkness, dread, and a social edge, similar to In the Earth or Vivarium; Not for you if you want fast scares or clear, subtle storytelling.
Pros: creepy hospital setting; strong lead performance; tense, shadowy mood | Cons: slow, uneven pacing; clichéd ghost beats; heavy-handed dialogue
Themes
- child abuse
- strike
- intensive care
- nurse
- orphanage
- 1970s
- blackout
- hospital
- ashes
Cast & crew
Rose Williams
as Val
Charlie Carrick
as Dr. Franklyn
Gbemisola Ikumelo
as Comfort
Theo Barklem-Biggs
as Neville
Nuala McGowan
as Terry
Emma Rigby
as Babs
Diveen Henry
as Matron
Paul Antony-Barber
as The Chief
Shakira Rahman
as Saba
Clara Read
as Gail
Directed by Corinna Faith